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New offerings will help your facility reduce artificial demand, achieve greater system control, and realize new levels of compressed air efficiency.

The International Manufacturing and Technology Show (IMTS) that took place in Chicago in September presented great opportunities to learn about new innovations in industry and talk to important players in the world of compressed air efficiency.The IMTS show is one of the largest expositions of its kind in the country, taking up 1.4 million square feet in Chicago’s McCormick Place. The show focuses on materials manufacturing technology, with 2,563 companies from around the world exhibiting in 2018. This latest show was a record-breaker in terms of attendance, with more than 129,000 on hand people to view an array of eye-popping displays. The 2018 edition also eclipsed…

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Plant Services and its parent company, Putman Media, are teaming up again to honor women who are helping effect change in manufacturing. Now in its second year, Influential Women in Manufacturing seeks to highlight all women in manufacturing roles – at all levels within the organization. But we…

While we hear a lot about the skills gap and the industrial internet of things (IIoT), often overlooked is the fact that testing and troubleshooting tools are evolving to improve maintenance workers’ efficiency and productivity. This trend is poised to help bridge the skills and experience gap…

High-tech has all the glamour; and, for many, a fatter paycheck. But there are good jobs, and good-paying jobs, to be had in the factory, even in the factories of food and beverage companies.Many food processors are worried about the shortage of skilled labor, and many are doing good, local things…

The International Manufacturing and Technology Show (IMTS) that took place in Chicago in September presented great opportunities to learn about new innovations in industry and talk to important players in the world of compressed air efficiency.The IMTS show is one of the largest expositions of its…

This editor’s note is being written from Orlando, FL, the site of the 2019 ARC Industry Forum, and the theme of the event this year is “Driving Digital Transformation in Industry and Cities.”The first day of the event is over, and the funniest line of the day referenced the recent Super Bowl…

Most major change initiatives fail. Some sources estimate that 70% don’t achieve their expected return on investment (ROI). That’s because the projects are laid on top of an underlying foundation that cannot support the changes. It’s like having a house built on ground that can’t support…